Skill: soft g When “g” is followed
by:e,
i, y it sounds like “j”.

(There
are some exceptions to this rule.)

The letter ”g” has two sounds, hard “g” and soft
“g”.
The hard sound of “g” occurs more frequently. Its
sound is heard in gas, got, gum, etc. Soft "g" sounds
like “j”. It is
heard in gem, giant, gym,
etc.

Read these words.

age

general

orange

bandage

gentle

package

cage

germ

page

damage

hinge

stage

danger

language

strange

emergency

luggage

stranger

garbage

manage

teenager

Angie

giant

margin

allergic

gigantic

magic

apologize

gingersnap

rigid

digit

giraffe

sluggish

engine

imagine

tragic

apology

gymnasium

gypsy

clergy

gymnastics

pudgy

gym

gyp

stingy

Can you think of any more soft “g” words? Write
them.
Use any of the soft “g” spelling patterns, (ge, gi,
gy).

Create your own sentences. Please include some words
in your sentences that have the spelling pattern
(ge, gi, gy) as in gentle, giant, & gym. Remember
all sentences begin with a capital letter and end
with a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation
point (!) Please be attentive to good penmanship
skills.